Machine for manufacturing lacquered ware.



J. H. BNGLBMAN.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING LAOQUEBED WARE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1910. 7 990,645. Patented Apr. 25, 1911.

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JOE H. EHGLEMAN/OF PTTTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.-

MACHINE FOB MANUFACTURINGt LACQUERED WARE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1911'.

Application filed November 29, 1910.. Serial No. 594,684.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jon H. ENGLEMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at- North Side, Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Manufacturing Lacquered l/Vare, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. This invention relates to a machine for manufacturing lacquered ware, and more particularly to amachine for automatically, evenly and quickly coating bulbs, globes and other ornamentations or bodies that are especially designed for bedsteads, lamp fixtures, plumbing goods and other structures made of metallic tubing, wrought iron and other metals with lacquer, varnish, bronze powder, paint, enamel or any preserving or finishing substance.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a machine of the above type with positive and reliable means in a manner as will be hereinafter set forth for shifting a lacquer pot whereby a revoluble piece of work will be coated with lacquer which is evenly distributed.throughout the surface of the ware, thus insuring a high degree of perfection without necessarilyv employing skilled labor or artisans.

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine of the above type with simple and effective means for sh1fting a lacquer pot whereby irregular or curvilinear surfaces can be coated to' provide the piece of work with an even and uninterrupted finished surface.

The above objects are attained by a machine that has been primarily designed for coating with lacquer various ornamentations used in connectionwith metallic bedsteads and tubular structures, the elements of the machine being arranged whereby they can be automatically controlled from start to finish, thereby insuring a production that will be uniform throughout and of that degree of perfection that is above the standard. To this end, I have devised a machine embodying a shiftable lacquer pot support that can be easily adjusted whereby it can be swung at a desired arc to accurately apply lacquer to various sizes of pieces of work in connection with the machine. The lac- With this understanding of the broad idea or principle of the invention, reference will be had to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate correspond-- ing parts throughout the several views, and in which I Figure 1 is a plan of the machine, Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line III III of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a longitudinalfsectional view of the machine, Fig. 5 is'a side elevation of the machine, Fig. 6 is a plan of a portion of the machine partly broken away and partly in section, Fig. 7 is a detail view of a clamp adapted to form' part of the machine. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of a ware holder adapted to form part of the machine, Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modified form of holder, Fig. 10 is an end view of the same, 11 is a plan of a portion of the holder, Fig. 12 is a vertical sectional view of a piece of ware adapted to be held by the holder, Fig. 13' is a longitudinal sectional view of still another modified form of holder, and Fig. 14 is a perspective view of a wrench or gripping .device adapted to be used for handling lacquered ware.

i The reference numeral 1 denotes a base plate provided with a central socket 2 having the inner walls thereof screw threaded, as at 3 to receive the lower exteriorly screw threaded end of a tubular pedestal 4.

5 denotes a head having the lower end ing theupper end thereof provided with a longitudinal bearing 9 andjournaled' in said bearing is a longitudinal revoluble' shaft 10. Keyed or otherwise fixed upon th'eshaft 10, as at 11 is a stepped pulley 12 and loosely mounted upon theshaft 10 and retained thereon by a collar. 13 is an idler 14, said v idlerbeing located contiguous to the small end of the stepped pulley 12. The opposite end of the shaft '10 has a head provided with a socket 16 for the shank 17 of a conical-shaped ware holder 18, the shank of said ware holder bein retained Within the socket 16- by a screw p ug .19. The conicalshapedholder 18 has the sides thereof fiattened, as at 20 and said holder is adapted to protrude into one of the openings of a piece of ware 21 held in engagement with the holder by a manually held rod 22, one end of said 'rod extending'into a recess 23 provided therefor in the holder 18, and the opposite end of the rod havin an adjustable handle; 24. It is through the medium of the rod 22 that the piece of ware 21 can be frictionally held in engagement with the holder 18. The revoluble shaft-10. can be driven by a motor or other source of .power, for instance by a power shaft 24 from which a rotary movement is transmitted to the fastening means, and the bar 27 is securedv to the head by screwb'olts 29 and 30 or other fastening means, some of the screw bolts 30 retaining a bearing-"31 in engagement with the angle bar 27, J ournaled in the bearing 31 is the smooth cylindrical end 32 of a feed screw 33,.said feed screw having the opposite end thereof'revolubly mounted in a bearing 34 suitably secured to the outen end of the angle bar 27.- The smooth end of the feed screw 33 is retained in the bearing 31 by a collar 35 at one end of said bearing and a pulley 36 at the opposite end of said hearing. Over the pulley 36 and the large end v of the stepped pulley 12 is arranged a belt 37 adapted to transmit a rotary movement from the lathe shaft 10'to the feed screw 33. 38 and 39 denote cross heads mounted upon the angle-bars 26 and 27 and secured thereto by screw bolts 40, and 41, the cross head 38 being located adjacent to the head 5 and the cross head 39 upon the outer end of. the angle bars 26 and 27. Suspended from the cross heads 38 and 39 and retained in engagement with the lower edge of the angle bars 26 and 27 .by hangers'42; is'a longitudinal bearing plate 43, said plate having edge thereoffcut away, 'asat .44 to re- ,c'eive' the lower edge of the angle bar 26,-and

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the other angle bar.27 is adapted to extend :lntoalongitudinal groove 45 provided there- The bearing ."pl-ate 43u s-zprovided with three depending from said head,- the bar 26,

bosses 46, 47 and 48, this bosses 46 and 48 being arrangedin longitudinal alinement centrally of the machine and the boss 47 set to one side adjacent to the rear edge of the plate 43. The bosses 46 and 48 are provided with vertical openings 49 and arranged in said openings are vertical stems 50 having the upper ends thereof provided with concentric heads 51 and eccentrically located upon 59 to receive the feed screw 33. The angle bar 27 is longitudinally slotted, as at 60 to ,provide clearance for the straps 55, and extending over said bar is a right angular arm 61, secured, as at 62 to the reversing bar 53 adjacent to the outer end thereof, said arm being braced by an an larly disposed arm 63 secured to the end 0 the reversing bar 53 and to the arm 61 at a point removed from the fixed end thereof/ Bolted or otherwise secured, as at 64 to the outer-end of the arm 61 is a longitudinal rod 65 provided with an adjustable collar 66, the ,object of which will presently appear.

67 denotes a collar fixed upon the lower end of the stem50 of the boss 48, and said *collar is provided with a depending pin. 68 engaged by the outer end of a flat spring 69, carried by a depending pin 70 fixed in the boss 47 by a set screw 71;

The stem5O of the boss 46 is of a greater length than the stem 56 of the boss 48, and upon said stem is fixed by a screw 72 or other fastening means a collar 73. To this collar is attached a chain or cable 74 passing over a revoluble circumferentially grooved wheel 75 and having the end thereof attached to said wheel, as at 76. The wheel75 is revolubly supported in hangers '77, secured, as at 78 to the under side of the bearing plate 43. Pivotally connected to the side 'of the wheel 75, as at 79 is a pitman 80 having the lower end thereof, ,con- .nected, as at- 81 to a treadle 82 pivotally mounted, as at 83 in bearings 84 provided therefor upon the base plate 1 adjacent to the pedestal 4. The elements 73 to 84 inelusive constitute a starting device or means whereby the machine can be easily placed in operation.

85 denotes depending brackets secured to the under side of the bearing plate 43 by the hangers 42, said brackets being located at diametrically opposed sides of the boss 46. .Arranged in the lower end of the brackets 85 is an air inlet pipe 86 andan air outlet pipe 87, said pipes supporting a valve body 88 between said brackets. The valve body 88 is provided with a revoluble valve plug 89 having a port 90 adapted to control the passage of air from the pipe 86 to the outlet pipe 87.- The outer end of the plug 89 is fixed, as at 91 in the lower end of the stem 50 of the boss 46, whereby said plug will rotate in unison with said stem.

92 denotes a platform carried by the angle bars 26 and 27 and secured thereto by bolts 93 or other fastening means. The platform 92 extends beyond the bar 26 and is provided with a plurality ofequally spaced vertical openings 94, the walls of said openings being threaded to receive the lower reduced and exteriorly threaded end 95 of a post 96 having a' suitable handle 97 whereby it can be easily rotated. .The post 96 retains' a pivoted pot support upon the platform 7 92, said support comprising a disk 98 having secured to the upper side thereof, as at 99 arms 100 and 101, said arms being arranged in parallelism with the arm 100 provided with a plurality of equally spaced openings 102. In connection-with these arms a clamp is used for connecting the arms together, also for clamping-the base of a lacquer pot between said arms. The clamp comprises a stirrup 103 placed in engagement with the arm 101, said stirrup having one arm thereof apertured and the other arm slotted and bent to engage the arm 101, said arms receiving a bolt 104. One end of the bolt is provided with a hook 105 to engage in one of the apertures 102 of the arm 100, and

the opposite end thereof is threaded for a nut- 106, which when screwed upon the bolt will have a tendency to draw the arms 100 and 101 toward each other. The arm 101 is provided with a longitudinal guide rod 107, said guide rod being arranged at the outer side of the arm 101 to provide a slot 108 adapted to receive the upper end of a pin 109, carried by the automatic feed or clutch block 56. Arranged between the arms 100 and 101 is the lower circumferentially grooved end 110 of a base plate 111 upon which is mounted a lacquer pot 112. The lacquer pot 112 is of a conventional form having a lacquer outlet pipe 113 and a blow pipe 114, said blow pipe being connected.

by a flexible connectionvor hose 115 to the outlet pipe 87 of the valve body 88.

116 denotes a chain or cable passing over a revoluble grooved sheave 118 arranged in a recess 119 provided therefor in the outer end of thehead 5. The chain or cable 116 is connected to the upper convolution 120 of a coiled retractile spring 121, said retractile spring having the lower convolution thereof eye 122 mounted in the pedestal 4.

' 123 denotes a stop block adjustably held by the bolt 41 and a nut 41 against the under side of the angle bar 27 adjacent to the cross head 38, the bolt 41 extending through able collar 66 upon the rod 65 limits movement of the support in the opposite direction.

125 denotes anti-friction balls that can be used in connection with the disk 98 of the platform 92 for reducing the friction of these two elements to a minimum.

In Figs. 9 to 11 inclusive there is illustrated a modified form of holder wherein the head 18 is cylindrical and provided with a beveled collar 126.. The head 18 is provided with longitudinal diametrically oppo ed" grooves 127 and arranged in said groo es are the ends of a U-shaped'spring 128, said spring being retained in engagement with the head by a cap 129,detachably mounted upon the end of the head. The r%iliency of the ends of the spring causes the spring to frictionally grip a, sleeve 130 detachably mounted upon the head, said sleeve having the inner end thereof enlarged to provide, a knurled collar 131 having an annular recess 132 to receive the collar 126. The sleeve 130 has equally spaced longitudinal grooves 133 and fitted in said grooves are ribs or keys 134 having the outer longitudinal edges thereof tapered, as at 135. A piece of ware 136 can be titted upon' the ribs 134 and frictionally held while the holder rotates.

Another modification of the holder is illustrated in Fig. 13 of the drawing, wherein a cap 137 is mounted upon the head 18- and frictionally. held by the ends of the spring 128. The cap 137 has the outer end,

thereof provided with a stationary 'studbolt 138, and the end of the head 18 is provided with a recess 139 to receive the inner end of the bolt 138.. A piece of ware, as a" 3 machine.

Operation :-Assuming that the shaft 10 and feed screw 33 are revolved, the attendant of the machine throu h the medium of the rod 22 and the ban 1e 24 can easily 'ing ware with lacquer, it is place the piece of ware or work 21 in engagement with the holder 18, whereby the through the ,fiexible connection 115 to the blow pipe/ 114 of the lacquer pot 112, whereby the contents ofthe lacquer pot-will be projected against the periphery of thepiece of work held by the holder 18. vSecond,

the partial movement of the stem 50 of the boss a6 causes the heads 51 and the eccentric pins 52 thereof to shift the reversing bar -53 whereby the automatic feed or clutch block 56 will be immediately moved into engagcment with the feed screw 33. As this 112. Immediately that an apertured 126 carried-by the block 56 and sliding upon the rod 65, engages the collar 66, the

feed .screw -is revolved, the clutch block through-the medium of the pin 109 and guide rod 107 will immediately commence to swing the outer end of the pivoted pot support from the block 123 toward the ad-- justable collar 66. As the pot support is pivoted upon the platform 92 and the lacquer pot 112held by said support, said lacquer pot will be moved in an arc relatively to the piece of work and consequently the entire surface of the piece ofwork will be evenly coated with lacquer from the pot arm 61 willbe shifted to restore the reversing bar'53 to its normal position, move the block 56out of engagement with the screw .33

and close the valve 88. The cable 116 and the retractilespring 121 will then -restore the. p voted pot support to its normal position ready to be swung again whereby the lacquer pot carriedl-therebycan coat another plece of ware placed in the lathe. The flat spring 69 is employed to assist in shifting the reversing bar 53 to move the automatic feed block '56 out and into engagement-with the feed screw33.

vFrom the foregoing it will be observed that the pivoted end of the pot support can be adjusted upon the platform 92 whereby it will describe various arcs when swung through the medium of the feed block- 56 and the screw 33, and further adjustment is obtained, for instance for large or small pieces of ware, by clamping the pot base 111 between the arms 100 and 101 of the pivoted pot support.

It will be noted that the machine embodies means for automatically controlling the supply of air to a lacquer pot, means adapted to swing a lacquer-pot in a horizontal plane,

bodying means adapted to revolubly sup-' port a piece of work, an adjustable lacquer pot support movable with relation to said means, andmeans adapted to swing said support in an are relative to the work supported by said means.

2. A machine of the type described embodying a lathe adapted to revolubly sup- .port a piece of work, a pivoted support adaptedto swing in a horizontal plane relatively to said piece of work, and a lacquer pot adjust-ably, connected to said support.

- 3. A machine of the type described em bodying a lathe adapted to revolve a piece of work, a pivoted and adjustable lacquer pot support, means including a feed screw adapted to swing said support relatively to said lathe, and means automatically actuated by said support and adaptedto control the. operation of the pot carried by said support.

4. A machine of the type described embodying a lathe adapted to revolve a piece of work, a pivoted and adjustable lacquer pot support, means including a feed screw adapted to swing said support relatively to said lathe, means automatlcally actuated by said support and adapted to control the operation of the pot carried by said support, said means including a reversing bar, and a valve adapted to be actuated through the medium of said bar to control the supply of air to the pot of said support.

5. A machine of the type described embodying a lathe adapted to revolve a piece of ware, a platform, a lacquer pot movably and adjustably supported from said platform, means including a feed screw adapted to swing said pot in an arc relatively to said piece of ware, and. means actuated by the first mentioned means and adapted to control the supply of air to said lacquer pot.

6. A machine of the type described em bodying a lathe adapted to revolve a iece of Ware, a platform adjacent to said athe, a pivoted pot support adjustably supported by said platform, a lacquer pot adjustably mounted upon said support, means including a feed screw and adapted to swing said support in an arc, and means including a reversing bar adapted to be actuated by sald su port to control the operation of said pot.

A machine of the type described embodying a lathe adapted to revolve a piece of ware, a platform adjacent to said lathe, a

pivoted pot support adjustably supported by said platform, a lacquer pot adjustably mounted upon said support, means including a feed screw and adapted to swing sai support in an arc, means including a reversadapted to swing said support in an arc relativelyfitosaid piece of ware.

9. The combination with means for revolubly supporting apiece of ware, of a platform, a plvoted support adjustably mounted upon sa1dplatform, a lacquer pot adjust= ably mounted upon said support, means in-' eluding a feed screw and a clutch block adapted to swing said support in an arc relativelyto said piece of ware, and means including a. retraetile spring adapted torestore-said support to its normal position.

10. The combination with means for revolubly supporting a piece of ware, of a platform, a pivoted support adj ustably mounted upon said platform, a lacquer pot adjustably mounted upon said support, means including a feed screw and a clutch blockadapted to swing said support in an arc rela tively to said piece of ware, means including port in an are relatively to said lathe, and

a said platform,, means a retractile spring adapted to restore said support to. its normal position, and means including a reversing bar, and a valve adapted to be actuated thereby for controlling the operation of said pot;

11. A machine of the type described embodying a pedestal, a lathe supported thereby and adapted to revolubly support a piece of work, barsosupported from said pedestal, a platform supported by said bars, a lacquer pot support'pivotally mounted upon said.

platform, and means supported by another of sa d bars and adapted to swing said support, in an are relatively to said lathe.

12. A machine of the type described embodylng a pedestal, a lathe supported thereby and adapted to revolubly support apiece of work, barssupported from said pedestal,

a platform supported by said bars, a lacquer pot support pivotally mounted u n su ported by anot -l'ier of saidbars and adaptecl to swing said supmeans in connection with said pedestal and adapted to restore said support to its normal pos1tion.. I

13. A machine of the type described embodymg a pedestal, a lathe carriedby the upper end thereof and adapted to revolubly support a piece of work, a platform supported from said pedestal, a support pivotally and adjustably mounted upon said platform, a lacquer pot adjustably mounted upon said support, and means including a platform, a lacquer pot an are relatively to said feed screw and a clutch block adapted to antomatically swing said support in anare relatively to the piece of work.

14. A machine of the type described embodying a pedestal, a lathe carried by the upper end thereof and adapted to revolubly support a piece of work, a platform supported from said pedestal, a support pivotall and adjustably mounted upon said plat orm, a lacquer pot adjustably mounted upon said support, means including a feed screw and'a clutch block adapted to automatically swing said support in an arc relatively to the piece of work, and means including'a reversing bar, and a valve adapted to automatically control the operation of said lacquer pot.

15. A machine of thetype describedem= bodying a pedestal, a lathe' carried by the upper end thereof and adapted to revolubly support a piece of work, a. platform sup-' ported from said pedestal, a support 'piv-.

otally and adjustably-mounted upon said platform. a lacquer pot adjustably mounted upon said support, means including a feed screw and a clutch block adapted to auto matically swingsaid support in an arc relatively to the piece of work, means including a reversing bar, a valve adapted to autpmatically control the operation of said lacquer pot, and means including a retractlle spring in connection with said pedestal and adapted to restore said support to its normal position.

16. The combination with means adapted to revolubly support a piece of work, of a support movably carr ed by said platform, a feed screw adapted to impart movement to said support, a clutch block adapted to engage said feed screw and move said support, a. reversing bar adapted to be automatically actuated to move said clutch block into and out of engagement with said feed screw, and means in connectlon with sald block and "said support and adapted to swing said sup port at an are relatively to said piece of works I 17. to revolubly support a piece of work, of a platform, a lac uer pot support movably carried by said p atform, a feed screw, adapted to impart movement tO'Stild support, a

clutch block adapted to engage said feed screw and move said support, a reversing baradapted to be automatically actuated to move said clutch block into and out- 9f engagement with said feed screw, means in connection with said block and said support and adapted to swing said support at means including a retractile spring adapted to restore said support to its normal position. I a I u 18. The combinationwith means adapted The combination with means adapted piece of work, and

- a feed "screw actuated to revolubly support apiece of work, of a platform, a support pivotallyand adjustably supported by said platform, a lacquer pot adjustably mounted upon said support, by the first mentioned means and adapted to impart a movement to said support, a clutch block adapted to engage said feed screw, a reversing bar. adapted to be actuated to move said clutch block into'and out of engagement with saidfeed screw, means including a valve actuated by' a movement of said reversing bar and adapted to control the ejection of material. from said pot, and means in connection wit-h said block and said support and adapted to swing said support at an are relatively to said piece of Work.

- 19. The combination to revolubly support a platform, a support with means adapted a piece of work, of pivotallyand adjustably supported by said platform, a lacquer pot adjust-ably mounted upon said support, a feed screw actuated by the first mentioned means and adapted to impart a movement to said support, a clutch block adapted to engage said feed screw, a reversing bar adapted to be actuated to move said clutch block into and out of en agement with said feed screw, means inclu i'ng a valve actuated by a movement of said-reversing bar and adapted to control the operation of said pot, means in connection with said block and said support and adapted to swing said support at an arc relatively to said piece of work, and means adapted to restore said 7 support to its normal position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOE H. ENGLEMAN. Witnesses:

, KARL H. BUTLER,

MAX H. SROLOVITZ. 

